What will the BBC look like in the future? And how will the broadcaster fare if the licence fee is scrapped?
The IEA brought together Janet Daley (Daily Telegraph), Patrick McIntosh (Voice of Viewer and Listener), Simon Jenkins (Guardian), Tim...

Dr Thomas Mayer, Founder of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute in Germany and ex-Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank, spoke to ieaTV following his speech at the IEA State of the Economy Conference.
He discussed the view of the Eurozone in...

The IEA was honoured to welcome Cato Institute Senior Fellow and well-known American libertarian scholar Dan Mitchell to London to speak at our State of the Economy Conference. Dan is best known as a proponent of the flat tax, and is a regularly...

If Britain chose to leave the EU, how would the 'divorce' be handled? Here, leading figures - including IEA Brexit prizewinner Iain Mansfield - outline some of the economic options that could be taken in pursuit of a free and...

Professor Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, spoke at a conference in Austria looking at how we move 'Towards a Free and Vitruous Society'.
Philip's lecture was on the financial...

Professor Booth, Editorial and Programme Director at the IEA, discusses how Catholic social teaching applies to the welfare state, as well and non-state and charitable approaches to welfare at the Austrian conference 'Towards a Free and Virtuous...

Britain's transport system seems to be grinding to a halt.
Yet Britain could soon be on the move again - if politicians took a back seat and allowed private enterprise to develop our roads, railways and airports.
For more on IEA's...

Alvin Rabushka, one of the leading global proponents of the flat tax and co-author of the Hall–Rabushka flat tax plan, gave a packed audience at the IEA an insight into how his pioneering work has been adopted in many countries - and how it...

Alvin Rabushka, co-author of the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax proposal, speaks to ieaTV to explain his proposals for a flat tax. He describes this system as a fair, equal method of taxation, which can radically improve economic growth.
He also describes...

At Freedom Forum this year, IEA Educational Director Dr Stephen Davies engages with the biggest challenge that is often raised against free market economics - that there are certain goods that only the state can provide.

The Honourable Joe Hockey, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, sat down with ieaTV to discuss how Australia has managed to reduce government expenditure and structurally reform their economy under the Abbott Government.

The Honourable Joe Hockey, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, spoke at an IEA event on Global Economic Development and Policy Challenges. He discussed the economic situation in Europe and Asia, and how Australia was able to engage in major...

Sin and consumption taxes, including taxes on tobacco and alcohol, cost low income people more than 37% of their income (as opposed to only 15% for richer Britons). Cutting these taxes can have significant benefits to the economy and lower the...

iea Director General Mark Littlewood explores the costs of housing, and the reasons behind the rampant house price inflation. He looks at the cost of land, and the suffocating planning rules that prevent development and new home building.

Since his election, Pope Francis has made a number of controversial statements about market economies, globalisation and inequality which have an important influence on political and economic debate. This panel discussion draws together a number of...

Since his election, Pope Francis has made a number of controversial statements about market economies, globalisation and inequality which have an important influence on political and economic debate. This panel discussion draws together a number of...